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Living Magazines Greenway Lodge home for children opening

New children’s home in West Hertfordshire

Greenway Lodge, a residential home for young people with complex health or care needs has opened its doors in Dacorum. The opening of the new home on 21 February was marked at a cake cutting ceremony by Cllr Teresa Heritage, Hertfordshire County Council’s Executive Member for Children, Young People and Families and Joanne Henderson, Director […]

Living Magazines salons boycott gossip magazines

Berkhamsted Beauty Spots Boycott Gossip Magazines

Cecily Spa, Koha Skin Clinics and hair salon, Alchemy and I, have all removed celebrity gossip magazines from their salons and will instead only be providing positive material such as wellness and lifestyle publications. The beauty spots will no longer be providing the magazines for clients while they enjoy treatments as they promote harmful and […]

Living Magazines Tring Mayor Roxanne Ransley

Letter from the Mayor of Tring, Spring 2020

Dear Tring Residents, I was thrilled to become Mayor in May last year following the election of the new Town Council. Tring Living is a great way to let you know what the Council is involved with and what I have been doing in my civic role as Mayor. The role of Mayor is a […]

Living Magazines Garrick Stevens, Mayor of Berkhamsted

Letter from the Mayor of Berkhamsted, Spring 2020

Dear Berkhamsted Residents, As Town Mayor of Berkhamsted I was delighted to be asked to contribute to Berkhamsted Living. In this first article I will give an overview of current activities, then in future, focus in more detail on particular projects. One of my most enjoyable civic duties is visiting charities and organisations in Berkhamsted. […]

Living Magazines Visit Herts logo

Visit Herts Tourism Awards

Are you a tourism business delivering an exceptional customer experience? If so, Visit Herts want to hear from you! Enter the Visit Herts Tourism Awards before 17 May and tell them what makes your business great! The categories cover accommodation, attractions, pubs and food businesses, so there’s something for everyone. You can even enter more […]

Living Magazines Suzanne Turner Expedition Endeavour

Expedition Endeavour, the adventure challenge of a lifetime

I first met Suzanne through networking some years ago and I’m aware of the challenges that she has faced in the past. Her plan for the Grand Slam is quite extraordinary and I asked her to share the information for our magazine readers… In 2018 I was starting to seriously think about taking on the […]

Living Magazines Amran Bouhamed

Have you seen missing Amran from Hemel Hempstead?

Police are appealing for the public’s help to trace a teenager who has gone missing from Hemel Hempstead. Amran Bouhamed, aged 16, was last seen in the Boxmoor area on Friday 28 February. He is described as being around 5ft 9in, and of slim build. He has dark hair and brown eyes. Amran was last […]

Living Magazines DBC Garden Waste collection

Garden waste collections restart for spring

Dacorum Borough Council’s garden waste collections will start again from the fortnight beginning Monday 9 March. Green-lidded bins are for organic garden waste only, such as: grass/hedge cuttings leaves twigs/small branches flowers (including cut flowers that are kept inside the house) prunings weeds small animal bedding made from straw, hay or woodchips (but not shredded […]

Living Magazines Hertfordshire Constabulary

Spare 60 seconds to help save lives

A 60-second film which shows the possible signs of terrorist activity will air in cinemas across the region from today (Friday 6 March), including at Watford’s Vue cinema. ‘Look Again’ is a powerful short film, produced by Counter Terrorism Policing, which shows what sort of behaviour could indicate someone is planning a terrorist attack and […]

Living Magazines Hertfordshire Year of Culture 2020

Celebrate, share and explore Dacorum’s arts, culture and heritage

Hertfordshire Year of Culture 2020 (HYOC2020) is a year to showcase Hertfordshire as a county of creative and cultural opportunity. Dacorum Borough Council has joined the rest of the county during 2020 and is showcasing creativity and cultural opportunities across the borough. Organisations, businesses, groups and individuals across Dacorum are getting involved in different ways […]

Living Magazines World Book Day at Our Bookshop, Tring

World Book Day at Our Bookshop

World Book Day Today is World Book Day so we asked Ben, Alison, Sandra and Kim at Our Bookshop to tell us what it means to them. ‘Our Bookshop are proud to be involved in World Book Day this year. As our first year involved, it’s been like a little voyage into the unknown but we […]